Differences in AsiaAsia's economy is characterised by great contrasts. There is a big difference between the richest countries, as Singapore and Japan, and the poorest countries such as Nepal and Bangladesh. Other countries such as China and India have areas with high development, but there are also areas of great poverty in these countries. In this task, I'll compare the economy, health and education in Singapore and Nepal, two extremes when it comes to the rich and poor countries in Asia. EconomyThe economic development of Singapore has been great since the 1960s. Now Singapore one of the richest countries in Asia. What is special about Singapore's economic growth is that it is not due to the fact that they were lucky and found lots of oil or another natural resource that they can make a lot of money on. Singapore has built up its economy with the help of the creation of jobs, the development of more technologically advanced industry and the development of trade, finance, tourism and transport. Today Singapore the most money in industry, tourism and exports. Agriculture, which is very important for the economy in several Asian countries (for example, Nepal) represents a completely insignificant part of Singapore's economy. Per capita GDP in Singapore is now 82 763.36, which are as high as in many other highly developed industrial countries. The economy of Nepal is much worse than in Singapore. Nepal is one of the world's poorest countries, and the entire 25% of the country's population live below the poverty line. Nepal is one of the world's least developed countries, and most of the economy is made up of agriculture. The small amount of industry that takes place in Nepal with agriculture, namely, distribution of products such as lenses, jute, sugar cane, tobacco, and grain. Despite the fact that Nepal's economic situation today is extremely poor, it seems not that these issues are completely insoluble, Nepal is believed to have the world's largest untapped hydropower resources. Only 1% of the potential water power is exploited, and only 15% of Nepal's population has access to electricity. The reason that few want to invest in this range is the political controversy and poor infrastructure conditions. Many turismer visit the country each year, and about 750 000 Nepalese architects jobs within the tourist sector, but this does not make the country very much richer. GDP in Nepal today is 2, 370 05, approximately 80 000 less than Singapore.HealthHealth in Singapore are generally better than in Nepal. Singapore has a very low child mortality, only 3 of 1000 children die before the age of five in Singapore, while in Nepal, this is the number 40 of 1000. So to say no starving in Singapore. In Nepal is approximately 8% of the population undernourished. In Singapore all have access to clean water, but it has also in Nepal because of the convenient location high up in the mountains. 9.2 of 10 residents have clean water in Nepal. Life expectancy in Singapore is much higher than in Nepal. In Singapore is the approximately 82 years, and in Nepal about 68 years. Health and economy hangs very strongly together, this will be marked in Nepal and Singapore. Nepal has fewer doctors, fewer hospitals, less medication and, therefore, higher infant mortality and lower life expectancy than in Singapore which has good access on all these things. Another factor for the low life expectancy in Nepal is that most people live a tougher life than those in Singapore. EducationIn Singapore can almost all over 15 years to read and write (96.5%). In Nepal, however, this figure is only 59,6%. School time in Singapore is quite comparable with the Norwegian, with 11-year compulsory education. There are two universities in Singapore and many colleges. In Nepal, there are only 5 years compulsory education, but one-third of the children does not complete elementary school. One of the reasons the short school time is that there are few jobs in Nepal that requires a high education and most driver with agriculture, while Singapore has longer schooling and better opportunities for higher education because there are many possible positions within the different types of work.As I have shown in the text are the differences between one of the richest and one of the poorest countries in Asia major in every way. Singapore is ahead of Nepal on almost all areas, and this is due to the extremely good economic developments in Singapore. With good economy follows better living conditions, health and education. This means that everything does with wealth is positive, a negative consequence of increased prosperity development is the increased pollution. Singapore has a much larger ecological footprint than Nepal. If all the people on earth should have the same consumption as an average resident of Singapore we would have needed a whole earths 3.3 sustainable development, while if everyone would lived as an average Nepaler we had only taken half a globe.
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